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📢Call for Applications: Maritime GENIE Cohort 3. The #Taiwan Maritime GENIE Program is now open

The program combines expert-led webinars with in-person engagement in Taiwan, focusing on maritime governance

Apply here: www.ycaps.org/blog/taiwan-...

#marsec #Policy
January 29, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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🍺REMIDNER: YCAPS Pub Talk tonight in Ebisu!

A conversation with filmmaker and journalist Shiori Itō and producer Eric Nyari on the making and international distribution of the award-winning documentary Black Box Diaries

www.ycaps.org/black-box-de...

#DocumentaryFilm #JapaneseCinema
January 26, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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🍺YCAPS Pub Talk: Toward a More Multicultural, Yet Still Harmonious Japan?

Is Japan rethinking its approach to foreign nationals—and can rights and social cohesion be balanced?

Register👇
www.ycaps.org/multicultura...
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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📢YCAPS Community Conversation Series: Political Turmoil in Iran : Consequences for Asia & the Globe

Prof. László Csicsmann examines Iran’s internal crisis and its regional and global fallout

Register via link below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-fussa-feb...

#Iran #MiddleEast #Geopolitics
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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🇮🇩 Indonesia’s digital future runs through the seabed—but its submarine cable network remains dangerously exposed

I Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia, YCAPS Research Fellow 👇
fulcrum.sg/improving-in...

#Indonesia #DigitalInfrastructure #MaritimeSecurity #SubmarineCables
Improving Indonesia’s Submarine Cable Resilience | FULCRUM
Indonesia has a growing network of subsea communications cables. It needs to ramp up its capacity to bolster the resilience of such critical networks.
fulcrum.sg
January 18, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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🇯🇵 Japan enters 2026 with rare political stability under PM Sanae Takaichi—but weak coalition politics, Trump-era uncertainty, and economic pressures loom

@mikebosack.bsky.social , YCAPS Special Adviser 👇
www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

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#JapanElection #Politics
Takaichi’s political landscape for 2026
Unlike her predecessors who were consistently forced to address turmoil over the past two years, Prime Minister Takaichi will have time and capital to tackle real policy issues.
www.japantimes.co.jp
January 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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🇮🇳🇯🇵 #India, #Japan & 10 Years of the Free & Open Indo-Pacific

Don't miss this special conference where leading scholars and policymakers will discuss India–Japan strategic convergence, and future directions

Register below 👇
www.ycaps.org/ycaps-india-...

#marsec #IndoPacific
January 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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📢 WEBINAR: Beer in Japan🍺

Part of YCAPS’ Getting to Know Japan series

John Chesen traces how beer developed from the Meiji-era to today’s craft revival and big-four dominance in Japan

Link below👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-beer-in...

#Japan #Beer #JapaneseCulture
January 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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📢 EVENT ALERT :

Will the Rules-based Order Survive Beyond Trump 2.0?

A YCAPS Community Conversation with Benjamin Ho examining how shifting US conceptions of the rules-based order are reshaping Asia

More info below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-yokosuka-...
January 5, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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🚨Read this article by Canita Harollyn Rilometo-Nakamura on #indigenous learning recovery in #Pohnpei👇

📖 pireport.org/2024/10/16/i...

Catch her speaking at the our next Pacific Studies Pacific Connect webinar on education this January!

🎓 ycaps.org/pc-education
Indigenous Learning Recovery in Pohnpei, FSM
Discover the Indigenous Learning Recovery (ILR) initiative in Pohnpei, FSM, led by Canita Rilometo-Nakamura and Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL). This innovative program fosters tra...
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December 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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📢 YCAPS Pub Talk

In-person discussion with Shiori Itō (Black Box Diaries) and producer Eric Nyari on documentary filmmaking, storytelling, and Japan's film industry

More info below 👇
ycaps.org/black-box-de...
#Japan #Documentary #BlackBoxDiaries #TokyoEvents
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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🚨Climate disasters demand swift action🚨

YCAPS Non-Resident Fellow Genevieve Donnellon-May examines why escalating floods and storms now pose a core security and economic risk for Southeast Asia

Read below 👇
www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

#ClimateSecurity #SoutheastAsia
Climate disasters demand swift action
Southeast Asia is in crisis. Less than a week after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Brazil, the region is grappling with devastating floods and landslides, underscori...
www.bangkokpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Join the YCAPS community to watch the award-winning documentary Black Box Diaries on Dec 16, 2025, at T-Joy Prince Shinagawa. The group will meet at the theater at 6:00 pm. Attendees purchase their own tickets.

Sign up: forms.gle/ok175FfFqBcf...

#YCAPS #BlackBoxDiaries #TokyoEvents #Documentary
Watching Shiori Ito's Black Box Diaries as YCAPS Community on December 16, 2025 (Tuesday)
Thank you for your interest in this event. The group will gather at the venue at 6 pm and the movie will start at 6:30 pm. Please purchase your tickets yourself either via the venue website prior to t...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Looking for insight into Seoul’s latest signals to Pyongyang?

YCAPS Special Advisor @mikebosack.bsky.social breaks down President Lee Jae-myung’s new approach in the @thediplomat.com

Read more 👇
thediplomat.com/2025/12/lee-...

#Korea #NorthKorea #ROK #SouthKorea #internationalRelations
Lee Jae-myung’s Latest Policy Signals to North Korea
Lee has downgraded “denuclearization” as a goal. Will it be enough to attract interest from Pyongyang?
thediplomat.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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YCAPS held the 3rd ASPEN Workshop in Yokosuka aboard the historic Mikasa, bringing US-Japan Alliance professionals together for IAMD sessions, simulations, and community-building.

More👇
www.ycaps.org/blog/ycaps-a...

#USJapanAlliance #SecurityCooperation #IndoPacific #Yokosuka
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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📢 WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

YCAPS launches its new Pacific Connect series on Challenges and Innovations in Pacific Island Education!

Speakers from the Pacific will discuss access, to education and indigenous learning

Register 👇
www.ycaps.org/pc-education

#PacificIslands #Education
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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📢 NEW ARTICLE ALERT

YCAPS Senior Fellow Ian Ralby co-wrote this article arguing that maritime policy often suffers from “sea-blindness,” focusing on coastal symptoms instead of offshore drivers

Read it here 👇
www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/mariti...

#MaritimeSecurity #OceanGovernance
Maritime issues are pinned to what we see, not what’s at sea
Nov 25, 2025 // Over 70% of the world is covered in water, yet we remain largely blind to the sea and its importance to our lives. That general blindness means when maritime problems arise, we blame i...
www.diplomaticourier.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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📢 NEW RESEARCH ALERT

Scott Edwards and John Bradford analyse how the Quad’s coast guards are shaping informal, networked regional governance across the Indo-Pacific through practice transfer.

Read the article 👇
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#IndoPacific #Quad #MaritimeSecurity #CoastGuard #IOR
Quad coast guards in the Indo-Pacific: informal networked regional governance through practice transfer
This paper analyses the engagement of the coast guards of the Quad. It argues that increasing engagement – represented by growing joint training, operations, and exchanges – is representative of an...
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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📢 POLICY DIALOGUE:

#Japan’s Security & Foreign Policy

A panel of leading international journalists will examine how Japan’s 2025 security and foreign-policy choices are interpreted abroad

More Info Below👇
www.ycaps.org/ycaps-kreab-...
#Tokyo #IndoPacific #Security #ForeignPolicy
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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🚨Alert: Impersonation Notice🚨

We have been notified of recent cases of messages impersonating YCAPS members.

Official messages come only from '@ycaps.org.'

If you get a suspicious message claiming to be from YCAPS, please forward it to [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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📢 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Join us in Fussa TOMORROW!

Sean Nottoli will discuss MAGA and Japan — examining how shifting US politics shape alliances and Japan’s strategic environment

More Info Below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-fussa-nov...

#Fussa #Japan #IndoPacific #Security #USPolitics
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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📢 NEW ANALYSIS: Japan & South Korea Lean in on Nuclear-Powered Subs 🇯🇵🇰🇷⚓️

What drives their nuclear submarine ambitions — and what hurdles remain?

Read the commentary below👇
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IP25104 | Japan and South Korea Lean in on Nuclear-Powered Subs: Why and How They Might Develop These Capabilities
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Japan, Australia and South Korea have in recent weeks taken political steps towards the development of nuclear-powered submarines. • Japan and South Korea had focused their force desig...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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📢 YCAPS joined the “Indo-Pacific at a Crossroads” workshop in Manila (Sept 18–19), examining how regional actors are reframing cooperation amid shifting power dynamics.

Read the recap by Genevieve Donnellon-May 👇
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#IndoPacific #ASEAN #Japan
Reframing Cooperation in a Fragmented Indo-Pacific
Reframing Cooperation in a Fragmented Indo-Pacific By Genevieve Donnellon-May The Indo-Pacific is at a crossroads. Five years after the onset of COVID-19 and amidst shifting geopol
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November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🇰🇷⚓ If tasked to counter North Korea or support ops on the peninsula, nuclear subs would boost ROK’s navy

But if deployed to track Chinese submarines, it’d be a "game changer" for the US alliance, says @marsecbradford.bsky.social

Read👇
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#IndoPacific
Trump Greenlights Plan for South Korea to Build Nuclear-Powered Submarine
Donald Trump approved a South Korean request to build a nuclear-powered submarine at an American shipyard, a weapon President Lee Jae Myung said would help track North Korean and Chinese vessels and e...
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📢 YCAPS COMMUNITY EVENT:

YCAPS Executive Director @marsecbradford.bsky.social will lead a Walking Tour through #Yokosuka — exploring Navy sites, #Verny Park, #Dobuita St. & more

More info below 👇
www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-wal...

#Japan #IndoPacific #Event
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM